A San Joaquin County jury found a Stockton woman guilty of
first-degree murder for helping kill a man whose body later turned
up near Pacheco Pass Highway between Watsonville and Gilroy.
A San Joaquin County jury found a Stockton woman guilty of first-degree murder for helping kill a man whose body later turned up near Hecker Pass Highway between Watsonville and Gilroy.
Maxine Antwonette Toney, 33, was the first of three women tried in connection with the brutal murder of Walter Wade White, 50, of Stockton, the women’s landlord. Sisters Kayuta Holliman, 20, and Latoya Daniels, 23, are still awaiting their trials, said Detective Sergeant Ken Binder of the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office. Since White was found off Hecker Pass, the SCC Sheriff’s office led the investigation.
White was stabbed and beaten to death with a bat in his Stockton home July 22, 2006. One week later, he was found, wrapped in a blue tarp and dumped on the side of an isolated dirt road.
White had threatened to evict them when they didn’t pay their rent, Binder said.
Binder, who testified for the prosecution, described Toney as a woman with a violent criminal history who had a fixation with death and bragged about being able to get away with murder.
“She didn’t get away with it,” he said.
Toney faces a prison sentence of 25 years to life. Her sentencing hearing is scheduled for Aug. 25.
